Rónán Dunne
Two-time UCI Downhill World Cup winner and 2025 World Championship bronze medallist
Career results
7
Wins at Fort William
A record for the venue
3
World Cup overall titles
2001, 2005, 2008
22
World Cup wins
The most by any man
4
World titles
2003, 2012, 2013, 2021
Biography
Rónán Dunne is an Irish downhill mountain biker from County Wicklow who races for Mondraker Factory Racing and is a Red Bull athlete. He took his first World Cup podium at Snowshoe, USA, in 2023.
In 2024 he won his first World Cup at Bielsko-Biała, Poland, won both Red Bull Hardline races, in Tasmania and Wales, and was named MBUK Rider of the Year. In 2025 he won at Les Gets, becoming the first Irish rider to win two World Cup rounds, and took bronze at the World Championships in Valais, Switzerland.
He started 2026 with second place at Red Bull Hardline Tasmania, then broke his leg in April and was back racing at Les Gets in August. In September he launched RD8, the clothing brand we built with him, around the Whistler World Cup, and in October he finished ninth at the first Red Bull Hardline British Columbia.
Career highlights
- UCI Downhill World Cup winner: Bielsko-Biała 2024, Les Gets 2025
- Bronze, UCI Downhill World Championships, Valais 2025
- Winner, Red Bull Hardline Tasmania and Red Bull Hardline Wales, 2024
- 2nd, Red Bull Hardline Tasmania 2026
- 4th, UCI Downhill World Cup overall 2024; MBUK Rider of the Year 2024
- Mondraker Factory Racing, since 2024
For partners
Why brands work withRónán Dunne
Winning at the top level
Two UCI Downhill World Cup wins, the first Irish rider to win two rounds, and World Championship bronze in 2025.
Built for the big shows
Winner of both Red Bull Hardline races in 2024, in Tasmania and Wales, and MBUK Rider of the Year.
A brand people buy into
246K followers on Instagram, and his own clothing brand, RD8, launched in 2026.
Career
2025
Team Director, Norco Race Division
2024
Last World Cup race, Mont-Sainte-Anne; MBUK Lifetime Achievement Award
2021
World Champion for the fourth time
2013
World Champion
2012
World Champion
2008
World Cup overall; joins the Santa Cruz Syndicate
2005
World Cup overall
2003
World Champion
2001
World Cup overall
Personal Brand Incubator
RD8 by Rónán Dunne
Drop 001 units sold
Sell-through
@shop.rd8 followers
21 Sept
Brand and website teaser goes out on Rónán's and RD8's Instagram.
24 Sept
Drop 001 goes on sale worldwide at ronandunne.com.
25–27 Sept
World Cup weekend in Whistler, with the Canada Edition Tee made for Whistler and Red Bull Hardline.
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Work withRónán Dunne
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